City of Menlo Park News

Turn-key Energy Efficiency program for Small and Medium Sized Businesses Are you interested in saving on your utility bill, lowering your maintenance costs, and greening your business at the same time? Well, look no further because we have just the program for you! The San Mateo County Energy Watch program offers energy efficiency services and [...]

Do you travel on El Camino Real? How well does it serve your needs? The City of Menlo Park is conducting a study of the El Camino Real Corridor in order to identify the community's preferred concept for El Camino Real and how it serves Menlo Park. Through a series of community workshops and an online survey in [...]

The City of Menlo Park seeks your ideas regarding various land use “Alternatives,” in the “M-2 Area,” which is generally the business parks between US 101 and the San Francisco Bay. Change in this area has been established by the City Council as the focus of the current ConnectMenlo General Plan (Land Use and Circulation Elements) [...]

It has been over a year since the County of San Mateo’s Reusable Bag Ordinance went into effect on April 22, 2013, which mandated a minimum charge of 10¢ per recycled paper bag or reusable bag provided at checkout. The purpose of the ordinance is to protect the local environment by reducing waste, conserving resources, [...]